As you welcome students to a new school year, I encourage you to read and share Dr. Tom Guskey’s article “Starting the School Year Right”. “We soon will experience the most important time in the school year for all children — the first two weeks. What happens during this critical period pretty much determines how the rest of the year will go.”…Read More

Article in 2011 Edweek on challenges of rural education
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KY utilizes Learning Forwards standards for Professional Learning. Attached is a guidance document that describes those standards but also provides guidance for how to create a plan for personalized learning aligned to student learning needs/professional growth needs for teachers.
Jennifer Carroll uploaded new file(s): ky-professional-learning-g…Read More

Thank you, Ricky Thacker, for sharing photos of your redesigned classroom. Hope to see more pictures of redesigned learning spaces from our members and their schools/classrooms!